Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I do , I may find myself kebabed between the two . |
| 2 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 3 | I must confess I gobbled the meat down and I did n't notice the bone until it was too late . |
| 4 | ‘ I must confess I had n't participated in any giant financial coups . |
| 5 | Now , I must confess I had n't seen much of Mr Wogan before I met him because , when I got my television set at Low Birk Hatt , Richard Megstone , the nice young gentleman who looked after the Youth Hostel in Baldersdale and kindly took care of my electrical things , said I had a choice — either BBC1 or Channel 4 . |
| 6 | The feeling swept over me that I had truly left Darlington Hall behind , and I must confess I did feel a slight sense of alarm — a sense aggravated by the feeling that I was perhaps not on the correct road at all , but speeding off in totally the wrong direction into a wilderness . |
| 7 | I must confess I did n't enjoy others at all . |
| 8 | He 's he 's a quick nimble defender Speedy was just hanging hanging on waiting for the ball to be played into him and I must confess I did n't really see anything afterwards I mean well if you look at that that does n't seem anything untoward does it ? |
| 9 | I must confess I did nt see much of the first 60 mins ( football training ! ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Mary and I took our dogs down there this afternoon and I must admit we did n't like it , Mary was quite frightened . |
| 11 | There were holes in the elbows and I must admit it had got so tatty that it was held together with nappy pins . |
| 12 | I thought the half bottle of wine we left was symbolic of the extravagant life I was now entering , though I must admit it did go against the grain and I did think vaguely of ‘ bowser bottles ’ . |
| 13 | And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that . |
| 14 | It looked like something indescribable , but I must admit it smelt and tasted good , and anyway we were all starving and would have eaten a horse . |
| 15 | I mean out of the three that he saw and prefer , I must admit he did prefer forty four . |
| 16 | Still , even though they did n't need any staff , I must admit I thought Ann Summers was a funny one to pick . |
| 17 | In some ways wh I , I , I heard , I was listening to a description on Saturday at the serials and I must admit I thought to myself mm |
| 18 | I then , in true sneaky Aussie fashion , hired two young men who were willing to hold a fictitious conversation in a pub that Ryan frequented , which I must admit I thought rather a nice touch . |
| 19 | ‘ I must admit I thought that in retrospect you might resent what happened between us last night . ’ |
| 20 | I did n't like the song but I must admit I thought it was quite clever . |
| 21 | I must admit I thought they were and er |
| 22 | I must admit I kept him tied up for longer than I was advised as I wanted to make sure he was capable of moving about safely as he invariably would want to look out of the door and then go back to his food . |
| 23 | But this time his confidence seemed so genuine , so unevasive , that I must admit I felt my throat tighten . |
| 24 | I must admit I felt nothing . |
| 25 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 26 | After a short tussle a 5lb barbel was heading towards the landing net and I must admit I had visions of winning the match — 6 ½lb in the first twenty minutes is n't a bad start on any water . |
| 27 | I I must admit I had n't heard that one . |
| 28 | I must admit I had no idea how much went on concerning the affairs of the veterans . |
| 29 | Yes , I must admit I had one or two people going up the loo and looking , I mean people stop and look when we first had all the stuff outside , you know , what you doing in there ? |
| 30 | So I thought now what do I say , do I drop myself in it or do I say well that was n't , that was Roy , I said well you know I said I must admit I said I I 'm sorry so erm then Roy said well that battery he said was me he said I , I borrowed Geoff 's car again and look the battery fell over in it so I 'm gon na help him er then I sa , a piece of that bloody great went across our French doors and this , there 's a went across |